The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using “cookies” and location data to pinpoint targets for government hacking and to bolster surveillance. The agency’s internal presentation slides, provided...

A top secret document retrieved by American whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals Canada has set up covert spying posts around the world and conducted espionage against trading partners at the request of the U.S. National Security Agency. The...

The world of online gaming has been targeted by British and United States intelligence agencies, according to the latest documents revealed by former NSA employee Edward Snowden. Real life-agents are said to have been dropped into the...

Sweden has been a key partner for the United States in spying on Russia, Swedish television has reported, citing leaked documents from the US National Security Agency. Swedish television said on Thursday it had obtained the documents...

Employees of The Guardian newspaper could face criminal charges over their role in publishing secrets leaked by Edward Snowden, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer has signalled. Cressida Dick, an assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard, confirmed for the first time...

Encrypted email, secure instant messaging and other privacy services are booming in the wake of the National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs. But the flood of new computer security services is of variable quality, and much...

The latest Snowden-leaked document about NSA surveillance brings to light what the agency watches after dark — porn habits. The document explained how targeting the “personal vulnerabilities” of six Muslims identified as “radicalizers” could be used to harm...

British and U.S. intelligence officials say they are worried about a “doomsday” cache of highly classified, heavily encrypted material they believe former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has stored on a data cloud. The cache contains...

Have you been wondering how the head of the NSA can sleep at night knowing that his organization spies on millions of innocent people? It might be fair to say that he’s been having trouble catching some...

The American intelligence service – NSA – infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal sensitive information. Documents provided by former NSA-employee Edward Snowden and seen by this newspaper, prove this. A...